Commentary: What prompts people to deliberately expose themselves to an infection?

Speakers: Asst Prof G Owen Schaefer and Prof Jerry Menikoff 4 May 2024

Nobody likes to get sick, whether from a relatively mild common cold or a potentially more serious condition like malaria. But sometimes, it may be quite rational and even laudable for someone to volunteer to be deliberately exposed to an infectious disease - if not for one’s own sake, then for the sake of science, write researchers from the Centre for Biomedical Ethics at Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine at NUS and the National Centre for Infectious Diseases.

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